Food briefs for Sept. 20-26

Sprinkles hosts office party contest
: Sprinkles Cupcakes has extended through Oct. 1 its "Sweet Office Party Contest." Office-mates who post a photo of themselves with their co-workers to the individual Facebook page of the La Jolla Sprinkles shop are entered to win a contest for a free afternoon office delivery of up to 50 cupcakes. Find details at Facebook.com .

Marina Kitchen toasts California Wine Month
: During September, Marina Kitchen is featuring different California wines on tap each week. Through Sept. 21, Banshee Pinot Noir and Testarossa Chardonnay are featured. And from Sept. 22-30, Pairing Cabernet and Magnum Sauvignon Blanc are spotlighted. The wines are decanted from pressurized kegs that keep the wine from oxidizing.

FOOD EVENTS

San Diego Restaurant Week
: The twice-yearly promotion will feature prix-fixe lunch and dinner menus at 180 San Diego County restaurants from Sept. 16 to 21. Two-course lunch menus range are $10, $15 and $20. Three-course dinner menus are $20, $30 and $40. Menus and details online at sandiegorestaurantweek.com .

Cooking Guy offers culinary tour
: Carmel Valley's "Sam the Cooking Guy" Zien will offer a culinary tasting tour of the newly opened East Village Grocery Outlet from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 20 at 1002 Market St. in San Diego. Zien will lead shoppers on a tour of the store and its wine grotto, serving bites and samples of wines available at the market. Cost is $5. Visit groceryoutlet.com/eastvillage-ca/ .

A Night of Quality Commodities: Style, Spirits and Street Food
: To celebrate the one-year anniversary of South Park's Crow Thief menswear, the mixologists and chefs for Blind Tiger Cocktail Co. and Alchemy Restaurant are hosting an evening of street food, cocktails and art to "celebrate male bravura" from 8 p.m. to midnight Sept. 20 at Alchemy, 1503 30th St., San Diego. Tickets are $10 and include spirits and food tastings. Additional food and cocktails are $5-$6 each. Visit crowthief.com .

San Diego Festival of Beer
: The 18th annual festival of microbrew beer will be held from 6 to 11 p.m. Sept. 21 at Columbia and B streets in downtown San Diego. The outdoor event will feature booths by more than 60 different breweries and 120 varieties of craft beer, live music on two stages, food trucks and restaurant booths. Souvenir tasting mugs will be given to the first 3,000 attendees. Tickets are $40, which include 10 4-ounce tastes; additional tastes can be purchased at $10 for 10 tastings and $5 for five tastings; for those who anticipate over-imbibing, a special ticket package that includes round-trip Coaster train fare is available; sdbeerfest.org .